Sunday Links

Bibi González designs dresses that display emotions through a window to the heart. 

via Thread, Fashion and Costume (image above)

This intrigued me: Fancy staying in a mansion or lakeside pad for absolutely nothing?

Colours of Africa is a fun art link to explore (via Webcurios)

Do you want to go somewhere in 2023? 52 Places  to Visit (NYT link)

Rent-a-Drunk (I don't know how he does it for just $3 per night. I always charge $5.)

An Auction of Curated Curiosities This might throw a monkey wrench into my resolution to declutter in 2023. Seriously, who could resist a portable Scottie Dog heater? Not I.

Quite possibly the worst album by either Bob Dylan or the Grateful Dead The rehearsals, the six city tour, the live recordings, alternative mixes and the tortured tale of the final cut are both a Russian novel and a Classical Greek tragicomedy.

The Peak of the Balkans Trail: Europe's last true wilderness

The Gendered Streets of Porto By comparing the number of streets named for men and women in Porto and the length of streets named for each gender Ruas de Genero (Streets of Gender) explores how men and women are commemorated differently in the city's toponymy.

The simplicity of this one-storey home in the Laurentians, Quebec appeals to me as I totter toward decrepitude.

The light and warmth of little Japanese bars and eateries  A nice collection via everlasting blort

Move your hands! Show us your jewels! At a Festival in Bhutan, Some Dancers Bare All to Ward Off Evil Spirits

A niche hobby: This Italian accountant holds the world record for most books typed backwards 

Should I surprise Carmen with a Catio?

The Legacy of a Horribly Flipped House. (via Miss Cellania)

Barts Hospital's Hogarth Stair to be restored It is decorated with canvases painted by William Hogarth depicting two Biblical stories – The Pool of Bethesda and The Good Samaritan – featuring figures approximately seven feet high.

 Draw A Perfect Circle. It's harder than it looks. (via Perfect for Roquefort Cheese)

A repost from the font fetish era: Neutra Face 

How Richard Branson bought Necker Island (he got a real deal)

This candle is 40 years old and still growing. It's kinda grotesque. (via Rusty Blazenhoff)

Look up. Look way up: Accounts of mysterious "rains" of money are more common than you might think.

Ouch! This skydiver fell 3300 feet  and landed face first on a runway at 60-80mph. 

Spock Music: The Short, Strange Music Career Of Leonard Nimoy

The origins of the Buttolph menu collection at the NYPL : After a lunch of mulligatawny soup and roast mutton on a wintry New Year’s Day in 1900, Miss Frank E. Buttolph struck upon a novel idea. “I stopped in the Columbia Restaurant for lunch and thought it might be interesting to file a bill of fare at the library”